Guess the Alpha Pet in This Relationship

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1. Matthew in Austin says:
   April 13, 2011 at 1:46 pm

   I guess cat.

   Megan McArdle, your pretend blog girlfriend, has a new TV show, “Cooking with Megan”.

   http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/05/the-joy-of-not-cooking/8442/
2. JJS says:
   April 13, 2011 at 1:51 pm

   Cats always think they are superior, just because they have such sharp claws!
3. gilmoure says:
   April 13, 2011 at 1:54 pm

   Dog needs to use Cat as a pillow. A little drool on the forehead; Cat will be gone.
4. Wiredwizard says:
   April 13, 2011 at 1:55 pm

   =chuckles= Reminds me of when I was a kid. I’d look outside when it was raining & see the dog sitting out in the rain ’cause the cat had appropriated his doghouse again.
5. John H says:
   April 13, 2011 at 2:33 pm

   Well, his name is Zeus – what chance does Daisy have against the ruler of the gods?
6. Chris McKitterick says:
   April 13, 2011 at 2:35 pm

   This photo makes me so happy. You did this to yourself, you know. I have a friend who named his new kitten “Chaos.” She lived up to her name. I’m just sayin’.
7. Sara says:
   April 13, 2011 at 3:06 pm

   The look on Daisy’s face makes the picture. That dog does martyr so well.
8. N says:
   April 13, 2011 at 3:31 pm

   Ditto what Sara said. Poor Daisy!
9. Bob says:
   April 13, 2011 at 3:44 pm

   That is one fine picture.
10. Chelle says:
    April 13, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    I have an almost identical picture of my cat in the dog’s crate and the dog sleeping on the hardwood floor just outside of it. The cat doesn’t seem to understand that the dog is 5 times his size!
11. Naomi Kritzer says:
    April 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    That dog looks profoundly forlorn. Much like my friend’s German shepherd, who whenever I go over there puts his chin in my lap and looks up at me like he’s trying to say, “They never pet me, you know. Ever.”
12. Christopher Hawley says:
    April 13, 2011 at 4:06 pm

    He’s Temp-Cat Zeus
    he done paid his dues,
      now he lays his haid
      on a doggie bed…
    or anywhere else he choose.
13. CTJen says:
    April 13, 2011 at 4:20 pm

    The dog of the house is always the omega, forever and ever. Sorry Daisy, that’s just the way it is.
14. Keri says:
    April 13, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    So what Zeus is implying is that in order for me to reclaim MY bed from MY cat, I need to get a big dog and then a big dog bed. Got it!
15. Dave Sattar says:
    April 13, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    It is entirely appropriate that our Feline Overlords exert their innate superiority over their merely Canine co-habitants.
16. Improbable Joe says:
    April 13, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    That’s not so bad. The newest, youngest cat just stole the dog’s pillow and the entire loveseat that the pillow rests upon.
17. Pam Adams says:
    April 13, 2011 at 7:10 pm

    Keri@14,

    Remember, there are two more cats in the household. They are probably occupying the other beds.
18. Lisa in GA says:
    April 13, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    My reaction….some serious laughing!! Thanks John I needed that!
19. Ruth Ellen says:
    April 13, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    Looks like my house.
20. jrbooth says:
    April 14, 2011 at 8:19 am

    We’ve had our 85-pound sweet mutt of a dog since she was very young and much smaller than our oldest cats. They are still the Bosses Of Her. (Also, she tends to bathe herself cat-style, which is kind of amusing.)
21. David J. Batista says:
    April 14, 2011 at 9:19 am

    I like how they both have the same paw stretched outward, and the other tucked away from sight. Synchronized napping at its finest.
22. Jennifer R. Ewing says:
    April 14, 2011 at 10:59 am

    #10: So what if the dog is five times the cat’s size? Cats are always in charge! Surely you know that?

    Years ago, my family’s female Siamese was stretched out sideways on one of our kitchen chairs, which had vertical wooden slats along the back. Our male Dalmatian came up and started sniffing at her paws, which were poking out between the slats. She glared at him, and before he knew what was happening, she’d whacked him on both sides of his face, claws fully extended.

    Have I mentioned cats are always in charge?

    :-)
23. Jennifer R. Ewing says:
    April 14, 2011 at 11:01 am

    #11: I don’t know if it’s specific to German shepherds or what, but my inlaws’ female shepherd does the same thing. That dog is spoiled beyond belief, but you’d never know it from the way she acts when we come to visit. “They never pet me, you know. Ever.” sums it up rather nicely.

    :-)
24. Nikitta says:
    April 14, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    Go Zeus!

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